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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN

March 31, 2016Maury County, Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 5:18 PM CDT for Maury County, Tennessee. It was in force for 27 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2016, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Nashville, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Maury County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nnw Mount Pleasant, TN	AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WERE THE CAUSE FOR DAMAGE IN WESTERN MAURY COUNTY. AN OLD BARD WAS DESTROYED ALONG CECIL FARM ROAD ALONG WITH DOZENS OF TREES UPROOTED OR DOWNED ALONG CROSS BRIDGE RD. SWATH OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAM
Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nnw Mount Pleasant, TN	AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WERE THE CAUSE FOR DAMAGE IN WESTERN MAURY COUNTY. AN OLD BARN WAS DESTROYED ALONG CECIL FARM ROAD ALONG WITH DOZENS OF TREES UPROOTED OR DOWNED ALONG CROSS BRIDGE RD. SWATH OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAM
Mar 31, 5:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Columbia, TN	15 TO 20 TREES DOWN
Mar 31, 5:34 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Columbia, TN	SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON HIDDEN LAKE CIRCLE IN COLUMBIA
Mar 31, 5:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 W Columbia, TN	GOLFBALL HAIL JUST WEST OF COLUMBIA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 673 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 836 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

071 
WFUS54 KOHX 312218
TOROHX
TNC119-312245-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0007.160331T2218Z-160331T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
518 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
    
* AT 518 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT...OR 8 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COLUMBIA AROUND 530 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WILLIAMSPORT...SANTA FE AND HAMPSHIRE.

THE MULE DAY CELEBRATION WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3550 8728 3550 8727 3551 8728 3555 8729
      3555 8730 3569 8731 3569 8730 3570 8726
      3571 8725 3578 8700 3550 8689 3549 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 236DEG 47KT 3561 8720 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

07

1 follow-up statement

448 
WWUS54 KOHX 312236
SVSOHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
536 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

TNC119-312245-
/O.CON.KOHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160331T2245Z/
MAURY TN-
536 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MAURY COUNTY...
    
AT 536 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SPRING HILL...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL MAURY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: SANTA FE.

THE MULE DAY CELEBRATION WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED.

LAT...LON 3556 8710 3559 8711 3561 8711 3565 8713
      3567 8712 3572 8716 3573 8718 3574 8715
      3574 8712 3575 8712 3578 8700 3550 8689
      3551 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 236DEG 47KT 3574 8696 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

07

The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Houston, Montgomery, Stewart	54 min
Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Stewart	43 min
Mar 31, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Humphreys	28 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Perry, Wayne	26 min
Mar 31, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Perry	39 min
Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Perry	46 min
Mar 31, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson	23 min
Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Hickman, Lewis, Maury	42 min
Mar 31, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lewis, Wayne	26 min
Mar 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Robertson, Sumner	29 min
Mar 31, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne	46 min
Mar 31, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Macon, Sumner, Trousdale	36 min
Mar 31, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Marshall, Maury	29 min
Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	31 min
Mar 31, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Sumner	49 min
Mar 31, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Bedford, Marshall, Rutherford	39 min
Mar 31, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Lawrence	31 min
Mar 31, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OHX	Cannon	43 min
Mar 31, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Cannon, DeKalb, Warren, Wilson	31 min
Mar 31, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OHX	Giles, Marshall	28 min
Mar 31, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OHX	Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson	22 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.